The central city of Da Nang is making every effort to put the first phase of its ambitious Asian Entertainment Park development into operation in 2014, according to the leader of the project’s investor, the Sun Group.

The company’s General Director Dang Minh Truong said the park will be constructed following the design of world-famous architect Bill Bensley, with an estimated investment of 4 trillion VND (188 million USD).

It will cover a total area of 880,082 sq.m on the western bank of the Han river. Once completed and operational, the park is expected to serve 2.5 million visitors per year.

The building will comprise four main areas: a game section, a culture section, a multi-purpose zone for art performance activities, and a car park.

The culture section will be divided into nine areas with miniature replicas of typical architectural works, historical sites and scenes representing Japan, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Republic of Korea, China, Nepal and Vietnam.

In 2014, the Sun Group will continue implementing the second phase of the Hoa Xuan ecological urban area, the project running along Hoang Van Thai street to Ba Na mountain.

The cable car line in Ba Na Hill tourism site and the French Village in the city will be completed and put into use in March and July, respectively.

This year, Da Nang city will invest about 27.3 trillion VND (about 1.28 billion USD) to construct key projects related to transport infrastructure, car parking, high-tech zones, stadiums, hospitals, parks, social housing and other works.

The city has also planned to develop sustainable tourism in a bid to turn the sector into its spearhead economic industry.-VNA